| Show U. U Li S. S TRADE IS GROWING II TOO FAST TO CHECK CHECKOfF Oft OfF RECORD YORK Nov 19 America 19 America is i a mald making money so fast that the treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury cannot count it nearly as fast as asIt asit asit it is coming in World conditions have tipped the horn of plenty and the golden fruits of ot commerce are running over the edges of the American American Amer Amer- ican baskets Shipments abroad during October averaged a aday aday da day not including Sundays The total of more than is so great that it has been physically impossible for the clerical force to reduce it to exact figures s. s The volume of exports from the port of New York during last month is the greatest in the history of any port in the world at any anytime time in his his- history tory to Fourteen and often otten fifteen great cargo vessels left New York every everyday everyday everyday day except Sundays last month mont each laden to its utmost capacity The total for the month was and that was twenty-eight twenty more than the of Septembers September's ship clearings Food was the great staple of these shipments but also aboard the tho deeply deep deep- ly loaded vessels were clothing shoes automobiles and automobile parts with a considerable percentage of ammunition ammunition ammunition am am- and other excl exclusively war I supplies Grain represented the largest single item in the shipments Great Britain was the buyer of the greatest part of this extraordinary amount of American exports exports- as shown by the figures so far computed Its share was twice that of ot France the next largest Then came Russia Italy Holland Sweden a and d Denmark I II in the comparative list of totals Three of ot these six are not engaged I in war but have been compelled to turn t tt tg this land for a thousand things they onto bought from the naI nations nations na na- na- na now participating in the struggle I gle Exports through this port of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York in October were ere more than I twice as great as s those of October 1914 The imports here showed a small decrease and the figures when completed are expected to show a total of not far from That will mean that the balance of trade through New York alone is at atthe atthe atthe the rate of 1000 a month in favor tavor of the United States For a year it will wili mean 1 at the rate of October figures Those in touch with the data of commerce expect that I even the amazing totals of October may be exceeded in the months to come New Yorks York's imports in September September Sep Sep- sep sep-j were so that for October there here is an increase of f 25 I per cent in to imports The exports for September September- were The Thep p prospective totals for October October r therefore there there- therefore there there- fore fore are likely to show an increase of 8 per cent Grain was the great staple of exports ex- ex exports exports ex ex- ports from Philadelphia 4 also last month totaling in money more money more than Of wheat more than eight million bush bushels ls left the e main port of Pennsylvania corn more than two million and oats more than seven million seven hundred d thousand I bushels Philadelphia also exhibited a a record record rec rec- ord ord- ordin in its export to foreign countries t tord in last October Its total of was more than third one-third greater than the th the exports exports of If September borne i down the l p Delaware laware river to to the sea t The imports through Philadelphia during October were about I i which represented a a slight increase over ove t the le figures for September r. r |
